About Working with Forms

This chapter discusses Forms and Controls; how to create and use them. You will also learn about ATEasy Form Events, variables, and procedures. You will create a form to display a waveform in a chart control. This form does not depend on any of the modules you have already created. Use the table below to learn more about this chapter's topics.

Topic	Description
Overview of Forms	What are ATEasy forms and what types of Forms are available?
The Form Development Process	Which steps are required for form development.
Creating a Form	Explain how to create a form and about the form view used to design and write code for forms.
Setting the Form Properties	Explains the various form properties and property pages.
Form Controls	Explains form controls and menus. Shows the Controls toolbar and provide an overview of the built-in controls.
Adding Controls	Shows how to add controls and to align them on the form.
Setting Control Properties	Explain control properties and how to set them from their property pages.
Setting Controls Tab Order	Explain what the Tab Order is and how to set it.
Testing the Form Layout	Explain how to use the Test Form command.
Using Events	Explain what events are and how ATEasy calls them.
Writing an Event for the Close Button	Implements the OnClick event for the Close button.
Adding Variables	Adds variables to a form.
Writing an Event for the Acquire Button	Implements the OnClick event for the Acquire button.
Writing the AcquireData Procedure	Write the AcquireData procedure to fill the arrays for the chart.
The Load Statement	Explain about the Load statement used to create the form object.
Using the Form	Shows how to create a test that loads the form.
Testing the Form	Explain how to use the Formit! command to test the form.